Mississippi State drops Mississippi Valley from 2013 schedule

11:51 PM,
Jun. 27, 2012

Written by

Brandon Marcello

Scholarship difficulties at Mississippi Valley State forced Mississippi State to cancel its football season opener against the Delta Devils in 2013, school officials confirmed Wednesday.

The cancellation will come at a price for Valley, a historically black university that desperately needs money for its football program. MSU was expected to pay the Southwestern Athletic Conference school $350,000 for the game in Starkville on Aug. 31, 2013.

The cancellation stems from an NCAA rule that prohibits Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams from "counting" a win against a Football ...